Edward Luce
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Zbig
''For anyone who wants to understand the history of America and the world, this is a useful and important book'' ANNE APPLEBAUM''A biographer of genius ... One of the sharpest political pens of our day'' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE''A towering achievement. A book which is founded on deep scholarship, yet so accessible and readable from the very beginning that it feels more like a historical detective story'' RAGEH OMAARZbigniew Brzezinski was a political strategist who rose to prominence as an intellectual architect of US foreign policy during the Cold War. As National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter and a trusted advisor to US presidents from John F. Kennedy onwards, Brzezinski’s expertise helped shape global strategy at critical moments - most significantly as a key figure in the downfall of the Soviet Union.A Polish émigré who witnessed the devastation of his homeland during both Nazi and Soviet occupations, Brzezinski became one of the West’s foremost scholars of totalitarianism. His nuanced understanding of the importance of ‘speaking the enemy’s language’, coupled with his close friendship with Pope John Paul II was instrumental in preventing a Soviet invasion of Poland. While Nixon and Kissinger, his lifelong rival, famously opened China to the West in the early 1970s, it was Brzezinski and Carter who strengthened US-China relations, further shifting the global balance of power away from Moscow. Beyond the Cold War, Brzezinski continued to influence foreign policy, notably in shaping the nation’s response to the 9/11 attacks. Yet his legacy remains underreported, leaving gaps in our understanding of Cold War history and its aftermath.Edward Luce, celebrated columnist and political writer, restores Brzezinski’s rightful place in history. Through a sweeping narrative that spans much of the 20th century, Zbig offers a gripping account of Brzezinski’s life and, in doing so, narrates a compelling re-examination of the end of the Cold War.
Soumrak západního liberalismu
Autor přesvědčivě zachycuje dynamiku současné krize liberální demokracie a ukazuje, jak hegemonie Západu postupně oslabuje. Do jaké míry doopravdy souvisel ekonomický a geopolitický vzestup západní civilizace s myšlenkami na rozvoj individuální svobody a rovnoprávnou účast občanů na politické moci? Příliš dlouho panuje nepodložené přesvědčení, že vzestup Západu se odehrál na základě všeobecně uznávaných hodnot, které proklamuje a šíří, a že většina obyvatel Západu je samozřejmě chápe a sdílí. A že vítězné tažení demokracie a svobody už nemůže nic ohrozit. Edward Luce svým textem dokládá, že realita nám ukazuje něco docela jiného.
K tomu, abychom porozuměli podstatě této krize, těžko najdeme lepšího průvodce, než je tato kniha.
Fareed Zakaria, The New York Times Book Review
S oporou v přisvědčivých statistikách nabízí Edward Luce svižnou a obeznalou prohlídku doposud málo zmapovaného území, na němž se nyní musejí západní politici a vlády pohybovat.
The Economist Luce je jedním z nejbystřejších novinářů dnešní doby a jeho postřehy mají nedozírnou hodnotu.
Jane Mayerová, držitelka Pulitzerovy ceny za knihu Dark Money
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On its present course, the US faces a world of rising new countries that will compete with it ever more fiecely as its own power is declining. In order to slow and improve this steady leakage of power, the US must change course internationally, economically and domestically. It must also restructure to remain the world's most competitive economy. And it must address quality of life issues and fairness at home. But American politics is broken - competing forces and interests have led to stasis. With change so tough, where now for a country where the middle classes are suffering as they have never suffered before, the pensions crisis is growing, the deficit out of sight, and radicalism waiting in the wings?
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